Arvesen edges out Elmiger for debut stage win

KURT ASLE ARVESEN emerged from a group of a dozen escapees to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France from Lannemezan to Foix.

Arvesen edges out Elmiger for debut  stage  win

The debut Tour stage victory for the 33-year-old Norwegian national champion continues a fine race for the CSC team, who also controlled Monday’s stage from Pau to Hautacam with a powerful five-man attack.

Arvesen had the best line of attack out of the final corner, and edged out Martin Elmiger of Ag2r-La Mondiale and Lampre’s Alessandro Ballan by a tyre’s width. However, CSC could not close Frank Schleck’s slender one-second gap on race leader Cadel Evans, who holds onto the yellow jersey going into today’s flat stage from Lavelanet to Narbonne.

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